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The QC, Vol. 85, No. 18 • March 11, 1999

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WHITTIER
COLLEGE
March 11,1999,
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OPINION TOPIC
Speaking Out?
The influx of recent speakers
inspires students to speak about
the effect they have on the College
community.
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Two Students Run Away From
Campus Safety; One Arrested
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by Anna Neese
QC Managing Editor
One female student was arrested by the Whittier Police Department (W.P.D.) for public
drunkenness and another female
student fled from Campus Safety
and the Ball Half Residential Life
staff around 12:30 a.m. on Monday, Marffh 7, according to Campus Safety. The woman arrested
won't be prosecuted by W.P.D.
because her arrest is considered
protective custody, which grants
her immunity, according to Asst.
Chief of Campus Safety John
Lewis.
The two women were considered to be intoxicated and the one
who was arrested left her cooking supplies on lighted burners in
the Ball Hall kitchen, causing
enough smoke for the fire alarm
to go off, according to Assistant
Director of Residential Life and
Area Coordinator (A.C.) John
Paerels. The arrested student was
left in detoxification at the W.P.D.
until 7:00 a.m. the next morning,
and the other student hid from
authorities until the next day,
according to Paerels. The women are still allowed to stay in
Ball, but will have to face the
Peer Review Board for further
action, Paerels said.
The two women declined to
comment.
"Ball and Johnson are pretty
quiet. This is probably the most
serious thing we've had going
this year," Paerels said.
The incident was widely seen
by the Ball residents because of
the level of noise it created, according to Paerels. "All the residents were disturbed because of
the noise of the fire alarm, and
then the girls running from us.
Everyone on the first floor was
out watching for awhile," he said.
Ball Hall resident sophomore
Edith Braswell was studying
when the alarm went off. "I was
trying to study and I had to go
outside for a fire alarm just to
find out that someone was drunk
while trying to cook something,
and not doing a very good job at
it."
Ball Hall resident junior
Naomi Nunez was studying in
the first floor lounge when she
saw one ofthe women go into the
kitchen to cook some Rice-a-
Roni.
"She went into the kitchen
and two minutes later she walked
out," Nunez said. "About five
minutes laterlsmelled something
burning and itwasn'tfood. I went
in and a box of Rice-a-Roni was
smoldering on a lit burner. Three
burners were on, with nothing
but the box on them, and water
See ARREST, page 6
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time as Faculty Master very student oriented. "I think theic needs
to be a blend of enriching kinds
of programs and just plain old
fun," he said. "It's not a huge
surprise, bul music and theater
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much; enough that F asked lor
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See GOTHOLD, page 6
KWTR Fires D J. After Prank Call to Campus Safety
■ KWTR
by Liz Valsamis
QC News Editor
KWTR fired a student D.J. for placing
a crank call to Campus Safety on Thursday, March 4, and instituted restrictions on
telephone access, interviews and guests,
news
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Muller by Friday. April 9. Nominations must he accompanied by a brk'f
statement in support ofthe nominee
For further information contact Lisa
McCarrell at Ext. 4204.
according to General Manager Ravin
Daniel.
The D.J. wished to remain anonymous.
"From now on D.J.s who work at the
station will have to sign contracts based on
the rules and regulations of the station,"
Daniel said.'Thephone connection has been
removed from the studio mixers and the
management decided that the temptation to
abuse the facility outweighed the benefits
ofthe feature."
Ravin went on to explain that phone
interviews will still be possible in KWTR
in the near future, "with the setting up of
the previously planned computerized production system, which will allow for
phone interviews to be prerecorded and
edited before airing," he said. "Further,
on air guests on KWTR will now have to
be approved on paper by the management
a minimum of 24 hours before the program."
The call behind the reforms was placed
at 5:25 p.m. according to Asst. Chief of
Campus Safety John Lewis. The student
D.J. and a student guest informed the
student dispatcher that a woman needed a
jump for her car's battery up by the Harris
residence halls.
Ravin Daniel, KWTR station manager.
However, the Campus Safety phone
system is installed with caller identification capabilities showing the dispatcher
that the call was from KWTR.
The dispatcher questioned them on
the location, at which point the two students "became abusive, yelling at her
saying something to the effect of 'you're
just the operator, you're not supposed to
question us, don't give us attitude,'"
Lewis said.
"Yelling at the dispatcher is not acceptable," Lewis added. "The dispatcher
is a student. Placing crank calls is hazardous to everyone in our community. We
had a potentially life-threatening situation at the same time that representatives
from KWTR decided to conduct themselves in an unprofessinal manner."
The crank call was placed when paramedics were being called to Asst. Director of Residential Life and Area Coordinator John Paerels, who had fallen, injuring
his head and leg [See article, page 5[.
The KWTR D.J.s were informed of
the incident and its consequences at an
emergency meeting the next day, Friday,
March 6. "KWTR is part of the whole
College community," Daniel said. "Our
main priority is to ensure that Whittier
College standards are upheld and we will
not tolerate any actions that bring down
the name of the school, whether through
KWTR or not."
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